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People often celebrate the accolades and glory that sumo wrestler Hetal Dave brought to India. Today we take a moment to celebrate the man who made it possible, Hetal's 'papa' who became a coach so his daughter could live her dream.

Thanks to the Anantapur Sports Academy (ASA), lakhs of children in rural Andhra Pradesh have been able to use sports as a means to inculcate holistic development, increase awareness on gender inequalities, and eventually pursue higher education and livelihood.

Alarmed by the rate at which his friends were dropping out of school to earn a living, Mumbai resident Ashok Rathod decided to train children in football as a means to help them stay in school with his NGO, Oscar Foundation.

Lucknow’s Gaurav Khanna was like any other athlete when he sustained injuries during a match and later an accident, leaving him disabled. Instead of giving up sports, he turned to training para athletes.

Benoy Stephen explains how Ultimate Frisbee is helping children find new ways to dream, and how this unique self-refereed, mix-gendered sport could be the ‘ultimate’ solution to addressing a lack of education in underprivileged children.

Itching to return home from the US to do good work, Sunny Singh founded RoundGlass Foundation, which works towards the holistic development of Punjab through education, skill training, environment conservation, and more.

Aditya KV, a former Teach for India fellow, realised the difference he could make in the lives of children with disabilities and founded Umoya Sports to empower one million students.

How can we make our athletes' international medals meaningful to every Indian? A system-wide approach is key, say Nandan Kamath and Desh Gaurav Sekhri from Sports and Society Accelerator.

Each award carries a medal, a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, a certificate and a citation. Here's the list of children being awarded along with a summary of their achievements.

Children's Day: Innovators to child Prodigies, meet 15 amazing children making India proud with their incredible achievements. They have all been awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Shakti Puraskar